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Only United States citizens can register to vote in the U.S., including in Colorado. 

To register to vote in Colorado, residents must also have resided in the state for at least 22 days before the election they intend to vote in, not be currently serving time for a felony conviction, and be at least 15 years old (though they can’t vote until they turn 18). 

The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office works with the Department of Motor Vehicles to provide voter registration services to Coloradans. When eligible residents apply to register to vote at the DMV, they must submit their driver’s license or state ID number and social security number.

The DMV then forwards their information to their county of residence, where the county clerk and recorder processes the application to determine whether the applicant meets the eligibility criteria.

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15th Amendment, Constitution of the United States, Library of Congress, accessed November 2025. Source link

House Bill 19-1266 Restore Voting Rights Parolees Act, Colorado General Assembly, accessed Nov. 26, 2025. Source link

Voter Registration Information, Colorado Secretary of State’s Office, accessed Nov. 26, 2025. Source link

Colorado Voter Registration Form, Colorado Secretary of State’s Office, accessed Nov. 26, 2025. Source link

Colorado’s Automatic Voter Registration News Release, Colorado Secretary of State’s Office, Jun. 29, 2021. Source link

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Cassis Tingley is a Denver-based freelance journalist. She’s spent the last three years covering topics ranging from political organizing and death doulas in the Denver community to academic freedom and administrative accountability at the...